The medical research institute.
After attending the summer parent-teacher meeting for Lu Chengzhou, he brought her to fetch Gu Mang back from work.
In the corridor outside of the research lab.
The man put one hand in his pocket and leaned against the wall lazily as he held a cup of milk tea and a sandwich in one hand.
He turned his face slightly and glanced into the laboratory through a layer of glass.
Gu Mang was wearing a white coat with a white mask, and she was holding onto documents and discussing something with several researchers.
Their originally clean, white coats were covered with colorful traces of chemicals.
The people in the laboratory looked more sloppy than the others.
Lu Chengzhou looked away and turned a little. His gaze landed on Lu Guixin, who was at the other side of the corridor. She looked down and back faced him as she kicked the wall with her small shoes.
The little girl was carrying a light purple backpack and wearing a little powder pink dress.
From her little back, it was obvious that she was unhappy.
Lu Chengzhou raised his brows and softened his voice. “Lu Guixin, turn around.”
“No.” The little girl snapped. She pouted and looked down.
Xu Ji passed by with a pile of data in hand, and she could not help slowing down, to look deeply at Lu Guixin. There was a strangely inexplicable look in her eyes as if she was confused about something.
Then, she turned to Lu Chengzhou and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Mr. Lu, would you like to take Lu Guixin to Professor Gu’s office and wait there?”
“Nah, it’s fine.” Lu Chengzhou’s tone was cold. He lifted his chin. “Get on with your work.”
“…Alright.” Xu Ji nodded and glanced at Lu Guixin again before entering the lab.
People passed by the corridor from time to time, and just like Xu Ji did previously, they looked at Lu Guixin in the same way. They were confused and troubled, but they were restrained.
After waiting for about half an hour.
The research lab door was pulled open.
Gu Mang held her wrist and walked out.
Lu Chengzhou stood up straight and walked to her. When he saw her moving her wrists, he lowered his voice and said, “I’ll massage them for you tonight.”
“Okay.” Gu Mang’s eyes landed on the food in his hands.
Lu Chengzhou stared in silence.
He seemed to be a little helpless. He poked the straw into the lid of the milk tea and handed it to her.
Yu Zhongjing, Yu Mufeng, and a few others who had come out with Gu Mang looked away in unison.
It has been many years, and they were all used to seeing this.
Lu Guixin, who had been facing the wall since they were outside the laboratory, turned around slowly.
The little girl had a pretty little face. She was as delicate as a doll, and her skin was white as snow, and also like the cherry blossoms in March. Her eyelashes were thick and long, and her eyes were lively. They looked clean and pure.
She had totally inherited Lu Chengzhou and Gu Mang’s appearances, and she was even more beautiful.
There was no expression on the little girl’s face. Despite her young age, she looked cold. She looked at Gu Mang and said in a soft and tender voice. “Mama.”
Gu Mang glanced at her slowly, and her eyes fixed on her for two to three seconds before responding lazily.
Lu Guixin played with her fingers as if she was hesitant to say something.
Yu Mufeng walked to Lu Guixin and squatted down. In a gentle and warm tone, he asked, “What’s wrong, little Guixin? It’s the summer holidays, why are you feeling sad? Do you miss your friends?”
Lu Guixin shook her head and answered softly. “Nope.”
Yu Mufeng patted her head. “Then what is it?”
“I didn’t do well for my exams.” After Lu Guixin said that, she glanced at Gu Mang warily.
Gu Mang tilted her head and tore the package of the warm sandwich open slowly. She looked calm, and she did not say anything.
Yu Mufeng felt that results don’t mean anything. “Oh it’s fine, our little princess is still young. You should just think about eating good and having fun! Don’t get so worried about those results.”
“My brothers and Sister Qingyue did well. 100 marks.” Lu Guixin lowered her head and intertwined her fingers. “I’m the only one who didn’t do well… 53 marks.”
“Ridiculous!” Yu Mufeng broke out immediately. “What kind of kindergarten holds illegal tests! I’m going to report them to the Ministry of Education right now! I’ll make sure that they go bankrupt!”
Lu Guixin pouted and did not say anything.
The group of researchers stared at Lu Guixin just like that, and they were already trying to restrain the look in their eyes, but the sympathy in them could still be seen.
Yu Zhongjing scratched his head. He did not even feel this troubled when he could not achieve any results after performing his experiment for a year.
After all these years, he had never understood Lu Guixin, and her association with how ‘Two rights make a wrong’.
One was the boss of Red Flame, while the other was the boss of Shadow League—two big bosses.
And the daughter that they gave birth to actually had an IQ of an ordinary person…
He couldn’t accept it…
Everyone else had feelings that were as complicated as Yu Zhongjing.
Gu Mang looked away. “Let’s go.”
Lu Chengzhou nodded to Yu Zhongjing and the others. Then, he held Gu Mang in one hand and held Lu Guixin’s little head with the other as they walked towards the lift.
…
After stepping out of the research institute lobby.
Gu Mang crushed all the food and threw them into the rubbish bin. Then, she turned around.
She saw Lu Guixin reach up to open the car door with some effort before she climbed into the back seat and sat obediently in silence with her head lowered.
Gu Mang raised her exquisite brows slightly and looked at Lu Chengzhou. “What did her teacher say?”
Lu Chengzhou said with one hand in his pocket. “Wants me to consider transferring her to another school as she’s afraid that it would take a toll on her mental health and cause some negative impact. Everyone but her scored full marks. Chinese, 53. Math, 26. English, a little higher, 61.”
Gu Mang nodded. “Pretty good, better than my zeros.”
Lu Chengzhou squinted slightly. “Can this be compared? Who said that there was only one correct answer but three wrong ones, so she could choose one slowly?”
“I did.” Gu Mang folded her arms and glared at him. “Got a problem with that?”
Lu Chengzhou put his arm around her shoulder and looked down slightly. “Of course not.”
Gu Mang turned to look towards the car.
Lu Chengzhou followed her gaze and asked, “Shall we transfer her to another school?”
It was not the first time that Lu Guixin had transferred schools. The kindergarten that she attended, Number One Kindergarten, was the same one that Lu Jilai and Lu Jixing attended.
Everyone in the class was basically children with high-IQ who have shown their talent from the beginning.
In the first test, Lu Guixin only scored a little over ten.
Along the way, she transferred to another school which was of a lower standard, and her results improved a little. When it was high, it could reach over 40.
She was now attending her third school, and at least, she could pass her English now.
Gu Mang said, “Transfer her back to Number One Kindergarten.”
Lu Chengzhou stared at the side of her face with some shock. “Are you sure? She’s so young, her self-esteem is very vulnerable. If it hits her badly, would it be…”
A cold sneer sneaked out from the corner of Gu Mang’s mouth. “She seems to be in a good state.”
Lu Chengzhou stared in silence.
…
At Royal Garden.
On the first day of the summer holidays.
Lu Jilai and Lu Jixing brought He Qingyue over to play games. They took Lu Guixin along.
4v4.
While He Qingyue called He Yidu on the phone, she controlled her character and did a headshot.
“Papa, it’s the holidays now. I went out to play at Aunt Gu Mang’s place. I didn’t roam around. I am gaming with Lu Suiyi, Lu Suibian and Guixin.” He Qingyue said in a tired tone. Her father is really troublesome and was more worrisome than her mother.
“As long as you’re not home, I’d consider that ‘roaming around’. You’re a girl, you have to protect yourself well out there.” He Yidu said in a serious tone, like that of an old father. “Come back early tonight. If I don’t see you home, I can’t fall asleep at night.”
Lu Suiyi and Lu Suibian were confused.
Lu Guixin kept quiet.
The three of them looked at He Qingyue with a confused look.
He Qingyue was silent for a few seconds. Then, she answered seriously. “Papa, why don’t you make another baby with Mom? Then someone can accompany the both of you.”
On the other end, Lin Shuang had just come out from the bathroom, and she heard this on the loudspeaker from He Qingyue’s phone.
He Yidu looked at Lin Shuang and shouted into the phone. “Papa’s going to bed, come back early.”
He Qingyue was speechless.
He just said that he couldn’t fall asleep…
Lu Jixing said, “Uncle He… is rather long-winded. I think he either has a problem with you going out, or with you coming to my house.”
He Qingyue sounded as if someone had finally understood her. “Right? I think my dad has a really strong issue with the two of you.”
Lu Guixin sat on the sofa like how Gu Mang usually sat. “I heard from my father that your mom once said they wanted to have a betrothal.”
“What’s a betrothal?” He Qingyue asked. While they all had high IQs, they were clueless about these things.
Lu Guixin answered. “I googled it. It means to have you married to my brother.”
He Qingyue recalled when people played with dolls, they wished that the two of them would grow up and live together forever.
She looked at Lu Suiyi, then at Lu Suibian. “But you have two brothers. Who should I marry?”
Lu Guixin pondered for a few seconds and looked at the statistics on the match. “Whoever gets the most kills.”
He Qingyue snapped her fingers and agreed. “Sure.”
Lu Jixing looked at how he was in the lead and laughed. “You are surely my sister! There’s no need to compete now, Lu Suiyi. You lose.”
Lu Guixin laughed and turned to Lu Jilai. “How can Sister Qingyue marry a loser?”
Lu Jilai always messed up in games, and he was really bad. He always won without putting in any effort.
This round was about to end. Even if he killed the remaining people, he could not catch up with Lu Jixing’s number.
Suddenly, a series of intense gunshots were heard in the game.
Everyone looked at Lu Jilai in surprise when they saw that he had killed someone for the first time ever.
Lu Jilai yelled at Lu Guixin. “Guixin, come and collect the equipment.”
“Alright, I’m about to finish my ammo.” Lu Guixin moved her character towards Lu Jilai.
Just then, Gu Mang and Lu Chengzhou came out from the study.
Lu Jilai asked subconsciously, “Guixin, what’s the 314th number in pi?”
Lu Guixin, who was focused on picking up the equipment, was not taken aback at all. She answered subconsciously. “3.”
When Lu Chengzhou heard this, he paused and glanced at Lu Guixin.
The person who scored 26 at math even knows the 314th number of pi.
Lu Guixin suddenly sensed what she had said. “…”
Gu Mang raised her brow a little. She was not surprised at all.
He Qingyue realized it a little slower. She recalled that several wealthy families in the capital had been talking about how Lu Guixin was the exact definition of ‘two rights make a wrong’ for all these years…
She looked at Lu Guixin. Have they all been cheated?
Lu Jilai continued. “Oh yeah, Guixin. The other time, I’ve seen you taking out two dice before every paper. It’s really interesting that you would score the exact same as the numbers that you roll.”
Lu Guixin kept quiet.
Lu Jilai smiled. “It must be a coincidence, huh?”
Lu Chengzhou stared in silence.
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